Flue-cleaner.



A. C. SCHMEEZER.

FLUE CLEANER.

APPLICATION man MAR. 2

Eatented Nov. 163.915.,

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A. C. SCHIVIELZER.

FLUE CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25. ISIS. Lm, Intente@ Nw. 16,1915.

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Ano/mns 1.. anni ANTUN C. SCHMELZE'R, SF SPRNGFELD, MASSACHUSETTS, SSGNG@ TO SBCHMELZEB, @s ARTHUR MFG. C0., F SERNGFXELD, MASSACHUSETTS;

sten-CLEANER,

Specification of Leners mehr. nieren-lea toilet Application filed March 25,1915. Serial No. 16.883.

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Be it known that l, Aix'rox C. Seimimiznn, a subject of the Emperor of Austriad'lungary. and a resident ot' tpringtield, in the county of Hampden and State of ll/lassachusetts, have invented certain newY and useful lnnn'ovements in Fine-Cleaners, of which the followingl is a specication.

illy invention relates to means "tor cleaningr the tlues of steam boilers. and one of the main objects thereof is to provide a device whereby a plurali t'v of jets of steam may be directed into said flues Jfrom a tubular arm adapted to be swungl in front ol the open ends of said tlues.

further object is to provide means for mounting" the device directly to the bottom of the interior of the boiler.

A 'further object is to provide means exterior oi' the boiler for actuating` a pinion which in turn actuates a `Lear carried by i member of the steam conduit.

llc .furtl'ier object to provide a. housing for the actuating gears and, which is split on the line of the gans, thereby 'Facilitating the embling thereof; and further objects are to provide such devices which are simple in construction and use; highly etlicient in cleaning the lues of soot and thus increasing the eliiciency of the boiler and securing` full eliiciency of the fuel. readily installed, and comparatively inexpensive.

My invention is fully described in ihe 'following specilication. of which the accompanying"y dra wings form a part, in which like reference characters are used to designateV like parts in each ot the views, and 1nwhich `Figure 1 is a side elevation of a boiler, partly broken away to show my invention therein: Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof, on the line 2 2 ot Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlarged, sectional, riew of the invention detached from the boiler; and Fig. ai is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 8.

ln the drawings forming a part of this application I have shown a present preferred form of einliodirnent of my invention mounted in a boiler shell lhaving a plurality of conventional tlues 5 therein, and a covering plate G, the invention being mounted adjacent the open ends of the 'tlues which it is desired to `cleanse oli' soot or other deposits.

The invention consists of a tube 7 adapted to be bolted to the lioor ot the boiler, and having` a yerti Tal rod tl adjustable therein by means ot set-screws Sl: said rod is threaded into a casing 10 and locked therein by means of a set screw 11. rllhc casing l() is composed of -two members, 101" and 101. lioined on a line 10C, the former member having a steam passage 12 therein, one portion of which is vertical and connected with a` steam inlet pipe 13. and the lower portion of which lmrizontallj,1 arranged and registers with a. bore 1% in a cylinder 15 rotatable in ambore 1G in the nien'iher 10"', said cylinder 15 carries a gear 17 at its end adjacent the joint between the members 10u and 10b to allow the asselnbling` olE said cylinder and gear within the member 10h. Enmeshed with the gear 17 is a pinion 18 carried at 'the end of a shalt 19 passed tl'norurh and rotatable in the member 10, whereby said cylinder 15 may he rotated., and il provide means '120, of any-desired kind, to rotate the, shaft 19.-

rEhe cylinder has a screw-tlneaded elfo tension 15 thereon and upon which is screwed a collar locked hereto by means of a set-screw Q2@ and serving, with themember 10), as conhning means tor a series of l; lls gto the outer end of the eX tension 15 is connected a, plate 23 whichcarries a Wlconnection Z1 provided with plate 24 held in adjustable position 'upon the plate '23 by means of a Vbolt QSE; the connection carries a tube-2G closed at top and bottom, as shown at 27 and 27, and said tube carries a counterweight Q5, preterably adjustahly mounted on a rod 25, and is provided with a plurality ot spaced i nipples 128 directed toward the ends of the tlues 5 and so spaced as to register therewith when said tube is in normal, dependent, position; this tube is hereinafter referred to as a tubular arm, and it will be seen that, it' the shaft 19 is rotated, said tubular arm is swung through rc oit a circle over the ends of all of the tlues, and a.nti-frictionally because et the balls 22h The steam inlet pipe 13 is connected with the steam cl'iainber of the boilerat any de sired. point. not shown., and a control 'valve 29 is provided therefor; it will. be seen that, it the valve 29 be opened, the steam pasees through the cylinder 15, connected arm 25,

and the nipples 28, and. enters the boiler i ttl Oilf the. 'll ull@ be svmng;

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